People's attitudes towards paying for water

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1296-1302

  Sarala Devi, J ^a   Joseph, Benny ^a   Karunakaran, K ^a   Anurdha, B ^a   Rama Devi, K ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Community Organization for Oppressed and Depressed Upliftment ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Affordability to pay; Contingent valuation method; People's attitude; Water quality; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849112775     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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